Riiiiiiiiight. Someone insults them and suddenly they decide to pursue nukes ? I'm sure that before that speech they did not have a single project to develop nukes.
1. The past decade has been about trying to "win hearts and minds" with our enemies in general.
2 & 3. Yes, of course. Every one of the world's ills is due do Israel defending itself. It's well known that that evil country will just not keel over and accept a non-stop rain of rockets without whining about it.
4. Iran wants to destroy the West. It wants to spread the islamic revolution. Normalizing relations with Iran is not going to happen until we all turn *completely* suicidal.
I can't decide if your naïveté is endearing or misguided. The USA and Israel are not evil incarnate.
No offense, but 10 years ago, everything you wrote was being said about instant messaging, and before that, about email. [Citation needed], but I wouldn't be surprised if the same applied to telephones.
So while I actually agree that Facebook is pretty grating and annoying, the arguments above are just the new "Get off my lawn".
Because "violent fundamentalist Muslims" are the mainstream of Islam, whereas "plenty of Christian literalists and extremists" are a minority, that's why !
The political correctness, ignorant mindset, and multiculturalist "everyone's equal" claptrap are just *annoying*. Religions are not "equal". This argument, this article, this discussion, are about Islam. Your loathing of Christianity is your right, but frankly it's beside the point.
Sheesh, atheism is really turning into an intolerant religion.
No, I am saying that Islam is an inherently inflexible, violent, authoritarian Total Belief System. Christianity is a religion with a violent past, like most religions, but modern interpretations have pushed the majority of believers beyond that mindset.
My attack is against Islam, which precludes "interpretation" of any sort, since the quran is the "word of god", unchangeable, eternal, blablabla, and pretty much any attempt to do so is somehow punishable by death.
Go look for yourself. Find a list of attacks and violent incidents directly attributable to Christianity over the past 10 years. Then find the same list attributable to Islam. There really is no comparison, because one will be a list of violent acts committed by actual extremists, whereas the other will be a list of fanatical barbarians trying to attack Rome for the sin of existence.
What exactly is the relevance to my comment ? Where did I talk about my personal worldview ?
A minority of Christians take Bible literally. A majority of Muslims take the quran literally. Nowhere did I talk about my faith.
And when was the last time a game quoting the Bible was recalled for fear of offending Christians ? All religions are not created equal, and Islam is a violent, authoritarian creed. Denying this for political correctness is misguided at best.
The New Testament overrules the Old Testament. The Bible is open to interpretation, as admitted by Christian authorities. Try to question the literal meaning of the quran and see what that gets you.
Cultural relativism is getting SO boring, honestly.
Some might say that laws and morality are intrinsically linked (yes, some would say otherwise) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurisprudence/. I don't think it's a stretch to argue that one has its origin in the other. I leave it to wiser intellects to debate which is which.
Slashdot Mirror
Riiiiiiiiight. Someone insults them and suddenly they decide to pursue nukes ? I'm sure that before that speech they did not have a single project to develop nukes. 1. The past decade has been about trying to "win hearts and minds" with our enemies in general. 2 & 3. Yes, of course. Every one of the world's ills is due do Israel defending itself. It's well known that that evil country will just not keel over and accept a non-stop rain of rockets without whining about it. 4. Iran wants to destroy the West. It wants to spread the islamic revolution. Normalizing relations with Iran is not going to happen until we all turn *completely* suicidal. I can't decide if your naïveté is endearing or misguided. The USA and Israel are not evil incarnate.
Even Windows has included pathping.exe in every version since Windows NT (yes, probably excluding 9x and ME, pedants).
No offense, but 10 years ago, everything you wrote was being said about instant messaging, and before that, about email. [Citation needed], but I wouldn't be surprised if the same applied to telephones. So while I actually agree that Facebook is pretty grating and annoying, the arguments above are just the new "Get off my lawn".
Because "violent fundamentalist Muslims" are the mainstream of Islam, whereas "plenty of Christian literalists and extremists" are a minority, that's why !
The political correctness, ignorant mindset, and multiculturalist "everyone's equal" claptrap are just *annoying*. Religions are not "equal". This argument, this article, this discussion, are about Islam. Your loathing of Christianity is your right, but frankly it's beside the point.
Sheesh, atheism is really turning into an intolerant religion.
No, I am saying that Islam is an inherently inflexible, violent, authoritarian Total Belief System. Christianity is a religion with a violent past, like most religions, but modern interpretations have pushed the majority of believers beyond that mindset.
My attack is against Islam, which precludes "interpretation" of any sort, since the quran is the "word of god", unchangeable, eternal, blablabla, and pretty much any attempt to do so is somehow punishable by death.
Go look for yourself. Find a list of attacks and violent incidents directly attributable to Christianity over the past 10 years. Then find the same list attributable to Islam. There really is no comparison, because one will be a list of violent acts committed by actual extremists, whereas the other will be a list of fanatical barbarians trying to attack Rome for the sin of existence.
You really might want to reread my original comment, and stop chasing your own tail with your arguments.
What exactly is the relevance to my comment ? Where did I talk about my personal worldview ?
A minority of Christians take Bible literally. A majority of Muslims take the quran literally. Nowhere did I talk about my faith.
And when was the last time a game quoting the Bible was recalled for fear of offending Christians ? All religions are not created equal, and Islam is a violent, authoritarian creed. Denying this for political correctness is misguided at best.
The New Testament overrules the Old Testament. The Bible is open to interpretation, as admitted by Christian authorities. Try to question the literal meaning of the quran and see what that gets you.
Cultural relativism is getting SO boring, honestly.
It was Thailand.
Either that, or every cell phone provider tacks similar charges, thereby forcing customers to accept the charge or stay away from cells.
Sparky. It's called Sparky. http://www.alexa.com/site/download